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Fairy Tale Unit of Study

For Students 2nd - 3rd Standards
What makes a fairy tale a fairy tale? Use a 27-page packet to supplement your next fairy tale unit. With sequencing activities, story map worksheets, character analyses and story elements graphic organizers, and fairy tale highlight...
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Fractured Fairy Tales

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Through reading and writing, learners explore common elements found in fairy tales. After discussing traditional fairy tales, class members listen to The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs by John Scieszka, a hilarious retelling of the...
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Fairy Tales Unit Ideas

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students listen to children's fairy tales and watch them on a video. Afterward, they list the heroes from each story. Students write a short paragraph about a typical day for the hero. Students dress up like their character and give a...
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Fairy Tale Alliterations

For Students 4th - 5th
Fairy tales are the perfect way to focus on alliteration. Learners complete activities relating to alliteration and similes using a fairy tale theme. Then, they complete an acrostic poem using the words fairy tale.
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Fairy Tale

For Students 1st - 3rd
Have your class take a look at this picture of a knight, ladies, and a castle to get ideas for a fairy tale. Learners can discuss their ideas for a story based on this prompt, write them down, and then craft their own stories. This...
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Story switch up

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Gather your class around to hear the real story of Jack and the Bean Stalk. In this version Jack is mean and rude, and the Giant is friendly and kind.  Have your class rewrite a classic fairy tale to build strong written communication...
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Candace Fleming

A Reader's Theater Script for Clever Jack Takes the Cake

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
Breathe life into a reading of the children's story Clever Jack Takes the Cake with this Reader's Theater script. Offering speaking roles for nine students plus a sound effects chorus, this is a great activity that engages the whole...
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Elements of Plot

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
Cinderella wants to go to the ball and marry the prince. At the end of the story, she does! But how does the plot move from the exposition to the resolution? Teach language arts learners and fairy tale fans about the basics of plot...
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Once Upon A Time...

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Learners discuss elements of fairy tales, examine selected piece of Robert Harris' art, and compose fairy tales based on what they see and imagine. Students then view homes in Harris' artwork collection, create home in which they would...
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Fairytale Cards

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this Fairytale Cards worksheet, students cut out 20 cards that include a word and picture related to fairytales. Examples include dueling, castle, and damsel.
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Medieval Castles: Ceramic Art Lesson

For Teachers 8th - 12th
A lot went on in Medieval Castles, and they were an obvious symbol of feudal power. Have learners use clay to make a Medieval-style castle to show what they know about Europe during the Dark Ages. This resource provides basic background...
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Adjective Clauses

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
Encourage the knights and princesses in your class to practice adjective clauses and relative pronouns in a fairy tale-themed presentation! Several slides review the structure of sentences with adjective clauses before prompting your...
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Fairy Tale Coloring Page

For Teachers K - 1st
In this coloring worksheet, students examine a picture of a princess in a castle who is visiting with a prince on a horse. Students color the picture.
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Teach-nology

Author’s Purpose: Entertain

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
How does an author entertain his or her audience? Read a short fairy tale and find the most evocative passages to discover more about author's purpose in narrative writing.
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Nicholas and the Dragon

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this reading instructional activity, learners read a five-page fairy tale about a boy named Nicholas, a princess named Penelope, and a dragon. At the end, Nicholas is hailed a hero and marries the princess.
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Knights and Castles and Kings Galore

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders create a fairy tale story with emphasis on castles. After reading various texts featuring castles and their residents, 5th graders complete a book report project. The book report serves as a springboard to the writing...
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Once Upon a Castle

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Young scholars complete a variety of activities surrounding castle communities and fairy tales. They write a letter to a fairy tale character, write a fairy tale, create a model of a castle, and draw a map of a castle community.
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Cinderella

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this Cinderella worksheet, students complete many reading comprehension responses, based on the famous story. The actual story text is not included.
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Engineering For The 3 Little Pigs

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students engage in a lesson which demonstrates the importance of rocks, soils and minerals in engineering and how using the right material for the right job is important. The students build three different sand castles and test them for...
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Kate and the Beanstalk Lesson Plan

For Teachers K - 3rd
Pupils gain a deeper understanding of the fairy tale genre by reading fractured versions of familiar tales. In this Kate and the Beanstalk lesson plan, students read a variety of fairy tales and fractured fairy tales in order to compare...
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Traditional Story Openings

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
The class evaluates whether or not the provided story openings are traditional or not. However, the creator of this presentation focuses on fairy tale openings as traditional, neglecting the fact that several of the chosen openings could...
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Cinderella

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this "Cinderella" worksheet, students read the story, answer comprehension, discussion and extension questions and conduct simple research on another "Cinderella" story.
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Jack and the Beanstalk

For Students 4th - 5th
In these reading comprehension worksheets, students complete several activities to help them learn about Jack and the Beanstalk. Students complete a cloze exercise, a reading comprehension activity, a story sequencing activity, and an...
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Cinderella Sequence Cards

For Students 1st
In this Cinderella sequencing instructional activity, 1st graders create their own Cinderella book. Students put the pictures with sentences in correct order to tell the story of Cinderella.